The most striking thing about Ray's piece to me, at first, was how she was able to put composition into two, clean, orderly categories. I was reminded when as a class we put writing into categories, and the board seemed to be filled from top to bottom with endless groups. I think that, by ordering composition into these two groups, she has hit home with what writing does for us as humans, and what we use it for. Ray delves into the two groups of writing just enough to show practical, applicable ways that we use writing to live and to communicate. Though I hadn't considered her point in this way, I was very pleased with how she explained that students sometimes need time, space, and instruction to just write and not have it necessarily tied to anything else. It's important for students to know that writing can be an extension of their own voices and experiences, and not something they do just to complete another task.
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